THE DEPARTMENT ORDERED THE CLOSURE FOR POLITICAL REASONS, THEY SAY. A MAN FACING CHARGES ACCUSED OF FIRING A GUN AT HIS WIFE IN MADEIRA. WE TALKED TO HIS ATTORNEY WHO SAID THIS IS ALL A MISUNDERSTANDING. BRIAN HAMRICK LEADS THE WAY TONIGHT. SHEREE, THERE WAS ONE SHOT FROM A 3006 BUT TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS ABOUT WHETHER THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT OR NOT. TODAY AS THE WOMAN, THE VICTIM IN THIS CASE LEAVES THE HOSPITAL, HER HUSBAND REMAINS BEHIND BARS HERE AT THE JUSTICE CENTER. IN THE SECONDS AFTER THE SHOOTING, BLAKE SEYLHOUWER CALLS 911. YOU SHOT YOUR WIFE? YES. [SCREAMING] HE SAID HE DIDN'T MEAN TO SHOOT HIS WIFE. TODAY HIS ATTORNEY IS STANDING BY THAT CLAIM, DESPITE THE CHARGES. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST THAT THE POLICE VERSION OF THE FACTS ARE KSH IS NOT SOMETHING WE AGREE WITH. PATRICK MULLIGAN IS THE ATTORNEY. WE INTEND ON SHOWING THAT IT IS, IN FACT, AN ACCIDENT, THAT THERE WAS NO INTENT AND HONESTLY, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE WITH OUR PLEA OF NOT GUILTY. BLAKE SEYLHOUWER IS THE OWNER OF THE JANIKING. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WAS PLANNING A VISIT THERE WITH LEGISLATORS THERE TOMORROW. WE TALKED WITH HIM EARLIER. WE LEARNED HE PLED GUILTY IN 2005 TO CHARGES OF PUBLIC INDECENCY IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. POLICE SAY HE GOT UPSET DURING A FIGHT WITH HIS WIFE MISTY. SHE MET HIM AT THE CAR, TURNED AND WAS WALKING BACK WHEN THE GUN WENT OFF. BLAKE SEYLHOUWER'S ATTORNEY SAID HE'LL REQUEST A JURY TRIAL TO DETERMINE IF THE SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL OR INTENTIONAL. POLICE SAY THE BULLET WAS FIRED TO HIT THE DRIVEWAY. PIECES OF THE BULLET AND FRAGMENTS OF CONCRETE ARE WHAT HIT MISTY. SHE'S EXPECTED TO RECOVER. THE TWO CHILDREN WERE AT HOME AT THE TIME. POLICE DO NOT THINK THEY SAW THIS ENCOUNTER. THE BOND REMAINS AT $500,000 HERE TONIGHT. BRIAN, THANK YOU. BRIAN MENTIONED THE OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLANNED AN EVENT

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